Dionysis Chiotis

Greek footballer (born 1977)

Dionysis Chiotis

Personal information
Full name|  Dionysios Chiotis
Date of birth|  (1977-06-04) 4 June 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth|  Athens, Greece
Height|  1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)|  Goalkeeper
Youth career
1992–1993|  Daphni Daphniou Chaidari
1993–1995|  AEK Athens
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1995–2007|  AEK Athens|  85|  (0)
1998–1999|  → Ethnikos Piraeus (loan)|  17|  (0)
1999–2000|  → Proodeftiki (loan)|  18|  (0)
2007–2008|  Kerkyra|  14|  (0)
2008–2015|  APOEL|  112|  (0)
2015–2016|  Trikala|  24|  (0)
2016–2017|  Apollon Smyrnis|  25|  (0)
Total|  |  317|  (0)
International career‡
|  Greece U19|  |
1996|  Greece U21|  |
2002|  Greece|  1|  (0)
Managerial career
2017–2018|  Proodeftiki (goalkeeping coach)
2018–2019|  Egaleo (goalkeeping coach)
2019–2020|  Hatta Club (goalkeeping coach)
2020–2021|  Ionikos (goalkeeping coach)
2021–2022|  AEK Athens B (goalkeeping coach)
2021–2022|  AEK Athens Academy (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 April 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2002

Dionysis Chiotis (Greek: Διονύσης Χιώτης; born 4 June 1977) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Currently, he serves as a goalkeeping coach for AEK Athens Academy.

## Club career

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### AEK Athens

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Chiotis took his first football steps in 1992 at Daphni Daphniou of Chaidari. In 1994, he was spotted by the people of AEK Athens and was brought to the club's academies. After 2.5 years, Dušan Bajević promoted him to the men's team. In January 1999, he went on loan to Ethnikos Piraeus until the end of the season. In July of the same year he was loaned again at Proodeftiki, where he had a good performance. He returned to AEK in 2000, he stayed on the bench as a back-up choice behind Ilias Atmatsidis. In 2001, he managed to establish himself as a starter. On 20 April 2002 he faced one of the worst moments of his career, in the crucial away match against Olympiacos, that decided the champion, his miscommunication with the defender Ferrugem in the 58th minute, gave their opponents the opportunity to score their third goal, which judged to a large extent the negative course of the match, where AEK eventually lost 4–3 along with the title.[1] Ηowever, a week later, in the cup final at the same stadium and against the same opponent, AEK got their revenge by winning 2–1 and with Chiotis was named mvp of the match.[2] The following season, Chiotis had his best year at AEK, with an amazing performance both in the league and in the big matches for the UEFA Champions League. In 2005, the arrival of Stefano Sorrentino, combined with an injury suffered by Chiotis, left him out of the team again and since then he has not been a regular. In the summer of 2007, with Lorenzo Serra Ferrer at the bench, Chiotis left AEK after 13 years. With AEK he won 3 cups and 1 Super Cup.[3]

### Kerkyra

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On 22 May 2007, Chiotis was released by AEK to join Kerkyra, where he signed a one-year contract, which was terminated on 6 May 2008.

### APOEL

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In June 2008, he joined APOEL and with his high-level appearances, he contributed to the winning of the Cyprus Championship 2008–09 and the qualification for the first time of the club at the group stage of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League. In that season, his club had the lowest number of goals conceded. He was also voted as the MVP of the club for that season, and became one of the favorite players of APOEL fans.

In the 2009–10 Champions League group stage, he helped APOEL to take a point against Atletico Madrid in Spain by holding Atletico to 0-0.[4] At the same week he was voted as the best goalkeeper of the week in the Champions League.[5] He appeared in all six official 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage matches with APOEL and he had great performances.

The next season, he helped APOEL to win the 2010–11 Cypriot First Division, adding the second championship title to his honours list.

The following season, he appeared in six 2011–12 UEFA Champions League matches for APOEL, in the club's surprising run to the quarter-finals of the competition. On 7 March 2012, Chiotis helped APOEL to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals by saving two penalties in the penalty shoot-out of the last 16 return match against Lyon.[6]

At the end of the 2012–13 season, he became a champion for the third time in his career after winning the 2012–13 Cypriot First Division with APOEL.

During the 2013–14 season, he appeared in one 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage match for APOEL and managed to win all the titles in Cyprus, the Cypriot League,[7][8] the Cypriot Cup[9][10] and the Cypriot Super Cup.[11][12]

On 25 May 2015, one day after winning the 2014–15 season double with APOEL, the team announced that Chiotis was leaving after 7 years in the club, as his contract would not be renewed.[13] Eventually he had 121 appearances with the club in all competitions.

### Trikala

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On 24 June 2015, aged 38, Chiotis signed a contract with Panelefsiniakos,[14] but he left the team two months later due to important changes to the club's board of directors. A few days later, on 26 August 2015, he signed a contract with the Greek Football League side Trikala.

### Apollon Smyrnis

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On 29 June 2016, aged 39, Chiotis signed a contract with Apollon Smyrnis,[15] in his club's effort to be promoted to Super League.

## International career

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Chiotis competed with Greece once in 20 November 2002, in a friendly match against Finland for 45 minutes replacing Antonis Nikopolidis.[16]

## Honours

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AEK Athens

* Greek Cup: 1995–96, 1996–97, 2001–02
* Greek Super Cup: 1996

APOEL

* Cypriot First Division: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
* Cypriot Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15
* Cypriot Super Cup: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013

## References

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1. ^ "«Θρυλική»... νίκη τίτλου με 4-3 επί της ΑΕΚ". in.gr. 19 April 2002.
2. ^ "27/4/2002: Το κύπελλο της ΑΕΚ επί του Ολυμπιακού με υπογραφή Ίβιτς". sportime.gr. 27 April 2020.
3. ^ "Διονύσης Χιώτης". aekpedia.com.
4. ^ "Video: Chiotis APOEL vs Atletico Madrid Champions League". Archived from the original on 19 December 2021.
5. ^ "Yahoo UK | News, email and search". Yahoo UK | News, email and search.
6. ^ Haslam, Andrew (7 March 2012). "Lyon stunned as APOEL fairy tale continues". UEFA. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
7. ^ "Sheridan strike hands APOEL Cypriot title". UEFA. 31 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
8. ^ "AEL vs. APOEL 0–1". Soccerway. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
9. ^ ΕΡΜΗΣ ΑΡΑΔΙΠΠΟΥ 0–2 ΑΠΟΕΛ (in Greek). APOEL FC. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
10. ^ "APOEL vs. Ermis 2–0". Soccerway. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
11. ^ "APOEL FC 1–0 APOLLON". APOEL FC. 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
12. ^ "APOEL vs. Apollon 1–0". Soccerway. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
13. ^ Ολοκλήρωση συνεργασίας με Διονύση Χιώτη (in Greek). APOEL FC. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
14. ^ "Μπαμ" με Χιώτη! (in Greek). sport-fm.gr. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
15. ^ Ανακοίνωσε 9 μεταγραφές ο Απόλλων Σμύρνης (in Greek). sport-fm.gr. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
16. ^ "Greece matches 2002". epo.gr.

## External links

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* APOEL official profile
* Dionisis Chiotis at Soccerway.com
* Dionisis Chiotis at WorldFootball.net
* Dionisis Chiotis at National-Football-Teams.com
* Dionisis Chiotis at FBref.com
* Dionisis Chiotis at EU-Football.info
* Dionisis Chiotis at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals